Informational Final Assessment

  • Due No Due Date
  • Points 22
  • Submitting a text entry box or a file upload

Directions


This is your final assessment of the module.

 You will be writing a short 2-3 paragraph essay on the prompt below:

What is Dia de los Muertos? What are two ways that it is celebrated?

Download Dia de los Muertos Article

Article Reading:

Guidelines


1. Your response should be well thought out and well developed. 

2. The response should be 2-3 paragraphs long

3. Paragraphs are 5-12 sentences long. 

4. Your response should have a topic sentence and concluding statement. 

5. Your response should have 2 direct quotes (EVIDENCE) from the article. 

The rubric is attached. 

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Rubric

6-12 District Informative Rubric
6-12 District Informative Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
Statement of Purpose/Focus
threshold: pts
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4 pts The response is consistently and purposely focused. Controlling idea is clearly stated and strongly maintained, as well as introduced and communicated clearly within the purpose, audience, and task.
3 pts The response is adequately sustained and generally focused. Focus is clear and for the most part maintained, though some loosely related material may be present. Some context for the controlling idea is adequate within the purpose, audience, and task.
2 pts The response is somewhat sustained and may have a minor drift in focus. The focus may be insufficiently sustained or the controlling idea may be unclear and somewhat unfocused.
1 pts The response may be related to the topic but may provide little or no focus because it is very brief and/or has a major drift. The focus may be confusing or ambiguous.
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4 pts
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Organization
threshold: pts
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4 pts The response has a clear and effective organizational structure creating unity and completeness. This includes an effective and consistent use of transitions; a logical progression of ideas; an effective introduction and conclusion for audience and purpose; and strong connections among ideas with some syntactic variety.
3 pts The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness, though there may be minor flaws and some ideas may be loosely connected. The response includes adequate use of transitional strategies with some variety; adequate progression of ideas; adequate introduction and conclusion; and adequate, if slightly inconsistent, connection among ideas.
2 pts The response has an inconsistent organizational structure. Evident flaws may include inconsistent use of transitional strategies and little variety; uneven progression of ideas; conclusion and introduction, if present, are weak; and there is a weak connection among ideas.
1 pts The response has little or no discernible organizational structure. Few or no transitional strategies are evident and frequent extraneous ideas may intrude.
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4 pts
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Evidence
threshold: pts
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4 pts The response provides thorough and convincing evidence for the controlling idea that includes the effective use of sources, facts, and details. The response achieves substantial depth that is specific and relevant through use of evidence from sources that is cited, smoothly integrated, comprehensive, and concrete.
3 pts The response provides adequate evidence for the controlling idea that includes the use of sources, facts, and details. Some of the evidence from sources is integrated, though citations may be general or imprecise.
2 pts The response provides uneven, cursory evidence for the controlling idea that includes partial or uneven use of sources, facts, and details. The evidence is weakly integrated, and citations, if present, are uneven.
1 pts The response provides minimal evidence for the controlling idea that includes little or no use of sources, facts, and details. The use of evidence from sources is minimal, absent, in error, or irrelevant.
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4 pts
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Elaboration
threshold: pts
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4 pts Response effectively uses a variety of elaborative techniques.
3 pts Response adequately uses some elaborative techniques.
2 pts Response weakly or unevenly uses elaborative techniques.
1 pts Use of elaborative techniques is absent, in error, or irrelevant.
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4 pts
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Precision of Language
threshold: pts
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4 pts The response clearly and effectively expresses ideas using precise language. The use of academic and domain-specific vocabulary is clearly appropriate for the audience and purpose.
3 pts The response adequately expresses ideas, employing a mix of precise with more general language. The use of domain-specific vocabulary is generally appropriate for the audience and purpose.
2 pts The response expresses ideas unevenly, using simplistic language. The use of domain-specific vocabulary may at times be inappropriate for the audience and purpose.
1 pts The response's expression of ideas is vague, lacks clarity, or is confusing. There is limited use of language or domain-specific vocabulary, and/or there is little sense of audience and purpose.
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4 pts
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Conventions/Editing
threshold: pts
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2 pts The response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions. There are some errors in usage and sentence formation, but no systematic pattern of errors is displayed. The use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling is adequate.
1 pts The response demonstrates a partial command of conventions. Errors in usage may obscure meaning, and punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are inconsistent.
0 pts Response demonstrates a lack of command of conventions.
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2 pts
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Additional Comments
Total Points: 22 out of 22